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Mohammad Nissar

Mohammad Nissar

Born: 1 August 1910, Hoshiarpur, Punjab
Died: 11 March 1963, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Major Teams: Muslims, Maharajah of Patiala's XI; Maharajah of Patiala's XII, Southern Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Railways, India.
Known As: Mohammad Nissar
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium


Test Debut: India v England at Lord's, Only Test, 1932
Latest Test:
India v England at The Oval, 3rd Test, 1936

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 15/08/1936)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    6   11   3    55   14    6.87   0   0    2   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             201.5   34   707   25  28.28  5-90    3   0  48.4  3.50

FIRST-CLASS
 (1928/29 - 1953/54)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   93  136  34  1120   49   10.98   0   0   65   0

                       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10
Bowling             7010  396  17.70  6-17   32   3

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Mohammed Nissar was India's first ever pace bowler, the fastest ever, and one of the best ever too. A bull of a man, Nissar could swing and cut the ball with verve but it was his express speed that marked him out from his peers. Of his 25 Test victims, 13 were bowled or leg before, testimony enough to his sheer pace. Nissar's partnership upfront with Amar Singh was as legendary as it was successful. In India's maiden Test at Lord's in 1932, he plunged the England innings into disarray by knocking over the stumps of Holmes and Sutcliffe, who only ten days earlier had added 555 for the first wicket for Yorkshire, and ended with 5/93. On that trip, he grabbed 71 wickets at 18.09 to head the averages. The MCC tour in 1933-34 provided the setting for more heroics as he took another innings bag of five in the inaugural Test in India at the Brabourne Stadium. The only defeat that was inflicted upon the visitors on that tour was also courtesy of Nissar, whose match figures of 9/117 helped Vizzy XI to a 14-run victory at Benares.

Another compelling demonstration of his hostility came against Jack Ryder's Australians on their tour of India in the winter of 1935. Thirty two wickets in four 'Tests' at 13 runs apiece spoke volumes for the damage he unleashed. On his final tour of England, Nissar cried off from the Test scene with a torrid spell that yielded four wickets in five overs to send England hurtling from 422/3 to 463/7. He continued to entertain domestic audiences for a while longer and helped Southern Punjab to the Ranji Trophy final in 1938-39 taking 17 wickets at 11.94, including a tour de force of 6/17 against Sind in the semis that sent them packing for 23. (Sankhya Krishnan)


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